Shoe-dressing apparatus



Feb; 24, 1925- .1. E. KIPFER SHOE DRESSING APPARATUS Filed June 7, 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ANN-IE1- TKIPF Q3 ATTORNEY J. E. KIPFER SHOE DRESSING APPARATUS Filad June'?, 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 .Feb. 24, 1925-- v 1,527,966

J. E. KIPFER A SHOE DRESSING APPARATUS Filed June "7, 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 'f I mgg gn" W J'AMEB- L-KIPFE ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES JAMES E. KIPFER, OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

SHOE-DRESSING APPARATUS.

Application filed June 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. K1PFER,'a citizen of the United States, residing at 706 South Nevada Avenue, in the city of Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and usefulShoe-Dressing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in Shoe-Dressing Apparatus installed in a shoestore having a shoe-repair department, and in which a depressed floor for the shoe dressing operator allows the customer whose shoes are to be dressed while on the feet, to take a seat on the level floor ofthe store without climbing up to the seat, or mounting any above the floor, or raising the feet above the floor on which he is walking; and

the objects of my improvement are, first,

to provide a more nearly perfect means of dressing shoes;.second, to provide a; more rapid means of dressing shoes; third, to provide means for dressing the shoes of a customer without hurting or heating the customers feet in the process; fourth, to provide a cooling air-bath to the shoes and feet of the customer; fifth, to save the time of the customer and operatoryand sixth, to preserve the grain of the leather in the shoes dressed and for many other objects.

I obtain these objects by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l, is a plan view of a retail shoesto-re and embodying a preferred form of this invention; Fig. 2, is a sectional elevation of a portion of this invention, and illustrating achair, a railing and curtain, a foot and footrest, and a portion of a pit; Fig. 3, is a sectional plan of a portion of the pit illustrating the relative positions of parts; Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the rotatable stand on the arms of which the electric motors are suspended; Fig. 5, is a sectional elevation showing the motor suspended on a rail under the floor; Fig. 6, is a front broken elevation of Fig. 5; A, indicates the usual position of the operator; B, indicates the interior of a store-room; C, indicates the pit in which the mechanical equipment is installed. My invention comprehends a circular pit as shown in Fig. 1 and a rectangular pit as shown in Fig. 6.

In the rectangular pit the motor is shown 1921. Serial No. 475,593.

suspended imder the floor in Fig. 5, a-nd in the circular pit it may be supported as in Figs. 1 and 3 on a rotatable standard.

Referring to Figure 1, the numerals 1 indicate chairs mounted upon rails 2. Similar numerals and letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the, drawings and in the specification.

In the service described in this invention,

the customer takes a seat in a common chair on the level floor, and when the chair 1 is moved to the edge of the pit C, on the rails 2, it is arrested in its further progress by p the bumper 8, and the chair is locked automatically to the bumper 3, by means of the gravitation catch 5, which is pivoted on the chair, as shown in Fig. 2. This figure also shows the bumper 4, onthe outer end of the rail to prevent the chair from getting off the rail. Figure 2, also shows a shoe resting on the shoe-rest 6, and 12 represents the relative position of the eye of the operator while polishing the shoe 7 which is below the cur- ,tain 10, and which protects the skirt 8'from the store floor 14 so as to allow the operator convenient access to the shoe while in a standing position and operating the rotary brush 24, as shown mounted on the flexible shaft 23 in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 4, is shown, in the sectional elevation, a tubular standard 16 upon which the rotatable motor suspension members are piv-.

otally supported. In Fig. 4, the motor 20 is shown suspended on the horizontal arm 18, which is rigidly secured by means of the rotatable suspension head 17 to the rotating sleeve member 29. The motor 20 is shown slidably connected by means of the hangers 19, which may be any desired form to suit, to the horizontal arm 18, which arm is secured by threaded connection to said head 17. The head 17, may be supplied with a multiplicity of arms 18, as shown in Fig. 1, as provided for several operators to work in the same large pit at the same time on several sets of shoes. 22, 22, represent insulated spring contacts provided to connect the circuit of the leads 21, 21, supplying the electric current to the motor 20, and pro.- viding means for the continuance of the current While the head 17, is allowed to revolve on the pivot of the standard 16.

When but one operator is provided for I use the form of pit and of motor-hanger shown in Figs. 5, and 6. This shows the motor 20, suspended under the edge of the floor 14, on a horizontal rod 28, serving as a track for the roller-carried carrier 27.

As shown in Fig. 2, the lower edge 11 of the curtain 10 is supposed to be high enough to allow the operation of the use of the brush 24.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as follows:

1. The combination with an enclosing structure, of a shoe-dressing apparatus, coinprising a pit below the level of the floor of said structure, and provided to be occupied by the operator, a protecting railing about said pit above the floor, tracks on said floor and approaching to the edge of said pit, chairs movably mounted on said traclgs and locking means provided to secure said chairs near the edge of the pit.

2. In a shoe-dressing apparatus of the class described, the combination of a platform formed by the floor in a room, a pit in said floor for the accommodation of the 0porator of the apparatus, flanged rails approaching the edge of said pit for the carrying of the customers whose shoes are to be dressed, a plurality of wheeled chairs on said rails, means for locking said chairs securely at the edge of said pit, a protecting railing about the edge of the pit, and a the edge of said pit, and Wheel-mounted chairs on said tracks for the service of the patrons. i i

A he -d e sin a pa atus of he la de be cement wi a e os n structure having a floor, pit below the level sa d floor for the i eommedat on 0 h p a r a Prote in rail n ab t e edge of said and above the floor, a pendant curtain reaching from said railn to ea -said fibe an a fs rem veb e te lon said fl e nea h edse q an pit for the accommodation t hefpatronsi A es-d e s n sep a e qmp ii it n'e l i 'e tart rs ha in a @1 9 a convenient pit helew the tithe floor, A prote i a ing abort h d e n sa pit and extending above the said door, a pendan u ain tr a -dine i e L ql ai ine to near said floor, metal tracks on said floor extending away from the, edge of said pit, chairs mounted on said tracks, in combination with foot rests in rigid position near the edge of said pit.

JAMES E. KIPFER.

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